REFERRAL OF AND ASSISTANCE FOR VICTIMS OF HUMAN
TRAFFICKING IN EUROPE
HOME/2012/ISEC/AG/4000004405
Final Conference
Budapest, 28 January 2016
Co-funded by the Prevention of and Fight against Crime Programme of the European Union
Ms. Eszter Gál
Department of European Cooperation
Ministry of Interior of Hungary
STRUCTURE OF THE PRESENTATION
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Background
Objectives
Phases and activities
Workshops and Study Visits
SETTING THE SCENE – CHALLENGES AND ISSUES TO BE SOLVED
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• Hungary is a source and transit country:
For women and girls trafficked for sexual exploitation
For men and women trafficked for labor exploitation
• Main destination countries:
The Netherlands
Belgium
Switzerland
United Kingdom
Austria
Germany
SETTING THE SCENE – CHALLENGES AND ISSUES TO BE SOLVED
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• Issues:
Unsuccessful reintegration of victims
Lack of knowledge of respective service providers,
institutional and legal background
Missing contacts
Stages of the transnational referral process are not clear
Natural fluctuation of professionals
LEGISLATIVE BACKGROUND
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SOLUTION
• Cooperation matrix of all relevant stakeholders in the country of origin and destination
• 6th of March 2013: application for Action Grants under the Programme „Prevention of
and Fight against Crime” 2012 ISEC General Call
• Favorable opinion of the European Commission: 1 February 2014 – 31 January 2016
implementation of the RAVOT – EUR project
Priority A. Action
A.5.1 of the
National Strategy
against THB of
Hungary
• Priority A. of EU Strategy towards the
Eradication of THB
• Directive 2011/36/EU of the European
Parliament and of the Council
OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT
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• Contribution to the implementation of the EU Strategy and of the
2011/36/EU Directive
• Clarifying and making transparent the transnational referral system
• Developing cooperation and mutual understanding among experts
• Building a network of grass root level professionals
• Exchanging best practices and knowledge
• Contributing to smooth information exchange
• Preventing blocks in referral process due to fluctuation of experts
TARGET GROUP
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Police officers
Victims support specialists Social workers
Hotline operators Caregivers
Investigators
Judges Prosecutors
NGOs
Labor inspectors Consular staff
Shelters
Victims
PROJECT PHASES
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II. Technical
Phase
Organizing
and developing
• Administrators
• Service providers
• Design company
• Translator and
interpreter
company
• Web developer
• External auditor
• Experts for writing
information manual
• Cooperation
agreements
I. Preparatory
Phase
Selecting and
contracting
III.
Dissemination
Phase
Publishing and
producing
IV. Final Phase
Finalization
• Kick-Off
Conference
• Workshops 1-3
• Study visits 1-3
• Steering Groups 1-5
• Website
• Information
manual
• Audit 1-2
• Information
manual
• USB memory
sticks
• Making website
available online
• Final Conference
• Steering Group 6
• Audit 3
PROJECT ACTIVITIES
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• Awareness raising
• Widen horizon of best practices
• Discuss and validate outcomes
Kick-off Conference
Final Conference
3 Workshops + Study Visits • Exchanging knowledge
• SOPs
• Overviewing NRMs
6 Steering Group meetings
Developing Information Manual • Detailed source of information
Developing website
• Transparency
• Easily accessible key
information
• Knowledge + expert database
• Present the outcome of the
project
EXPECTED IMPACT
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• Project activities will stimulate cooperation and mutual
understanding
• Experts will be aware of SOPs, NRMs, TRM
• Referral and assistance of victims will be timelier and more
effective
• Contributing to safe return and social (re)integration
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• Sustainable website
• Database - personal network of professionals
• Transparent and clear transnational referral
• Information manual
• Information exchange through workshops and study visits
OUTCOMES
EVENTS OF THE RAVOT – EUR PROJECT
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Kick-Off Conference
Workshops
Study visits
Final Conference and Workshop
KICK-OFF CONFERENCE
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17 June 2014
Official launch of the project
Awareness raising to the phenomenon
Widen the horizon in the field of transnational referral
WORKSHOP AND STUDY VISIT I - HUNGARY
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• Trends, affected regions
• Institutional and legal background
Relevant authorities, organizations, acts, directives
• Characteristics of victims and perpetrators
Needs, challenges
• Victim identification and assistance
• National Referral Mechanisms
• Shelter visit
WORKSHOP AND STUDY VISIT II – THE NETHERLANDS
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• Safe return of victims
• Social workers – police cooperation
• Police station and red light district visit
• Shelter visit
WORKSHOP AND STUDY VISIT III - BELGIUM
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• Investigation and evidence gathering
• Victim (witness) assistance and support before, during
and after trial
• Health and medical care center visit
• Police station and red light district visit
CONCLUSION
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• Identification must be strengthened
• Importance of coordinated actions
• Need for the same /harmonized definitions
• Clarification of the phenomenon of THB and related crimes
• Stronger and deeper cooperation
• Clarify the responsibilities of each relevant actor
• Need for transparency in the steps of the assistance and referral process
• Need for capacity building among the source, transit and destination countries
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Thank you very much for your attention!